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The Progress., 1887-12-17
THE NORTHWEST.
Brief Mention Of News Of General
Interest.
ILLINOIS.


William Crow and John Davidson, of Car
rolton, engaged in a fight recently, using q
pistol and knife, and both were killed
The State Board OF Agriculture has COM
pleted arrangements for holding Congress
sional Farmers Institutes at the following
places: Pontiac, January 10, IL; Lincoln.
January II, 13; Edwardsville, January II.
lS; Whitehall, January 10, 20; Esdorado,
January ~, 25; Carbondale, January 26,
~; Peor a. January 81, February l; Joliet,
February z 3; Freeport, February z, 8;
Dixon, February 8, 10; Shelbyvllle, Februa
~ II. 10; Albion, February IL. II; Mon
mouth, II, 22; Havana, February %, "a;
Woodstock, February %, 20, and Danville,
March 1, 2
The various ministers of Vermilion County
We formed an association for the purpose
OF prosecuting all parties who do business
on Sunday not in compliance with the law
David Billman, a young man of johnson
township, Clark County, was struck by
lightning and killed while driving some
COWS 10 pasture the other evening during a
heavy thunde The horse he rode
was also killed
johanna OBrien, a Chicago servant girl,
started fire in the kitchen stove the other
day, and poured kerosene oil upon it to help
1t along: The usual result followed.
The general Offices of the Lake Erie &
" stern railway have been removed from
Bloomington to Indianapolis, Ind.
Reports recently received by the Live.
Stock Commissioners show that the condi.
tion of cattle in the State was a little below
the average for this season of the year;
Horses and sheep were doing we'll The
rav'ges of hog cholera were causing great
losses to farmers in many portions of the
State '-.-.:s.i = 1f5es :, IL. -
The thirteenth annual meeting of the
Mlllers' State Association was held at Spring.
field recently. -'*' II
At the fifth annual session in Chicago re:
Gently OF the National Guard Association OF
Illinois the following officers were elected
President, Brigadier-General J: N. Reece
Springtield; Vice PRESIDENT Brigadier-G Gen:
eral Charles Fitz-Simons, Chicago; Second
Vice-Pres:d dent, Colonel Fred Bennett
Joliet; Recording Secretary, Colonel Free
G. Pierce, Rockford; Corresponding Secre
! tary, Captain c.. v Jaquith, Paris; Treas.
urer, Major E. J. Sill, Aurora; Chaplain
Rev. G. R. Van Horn, Rockford.
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William H. Drnm and Graci

William H. Drum and Oracle
Powell, Of Los Alamos, Cal, being Of
romantic turn Of mind, thought it
would be nice to be married on the
bounding pillows. So they boarded
the coast steamer Santa Rosa, and
told the captain what thev wanted.
He thought Of his own romantic youth,
and putting the steamer out to sea, so
that she might be atleast three miles
from land, and the ceremony there
fore legal, tied the knot himself thor
oughly, ship.shape and sailor fashion
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60 years. AIr. Deer
ing was a native OF
Oxford County, Me.
He served two terms
in the Legislature of
that State, and in
1857 removed to
Iowa, locating at
Usage. He was for
several terms q clerk
in the United States
Senate, four years
Special Agent of the
Postofice Depart
ment for the District
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RUBBER MEN FORM A TRUST.

1t Is Given Out, However, That tho Com
sumers Will Not Suffer Thereby.
New YORK, Dec. 1O-The manufacturers
OF rubber boots and shoes have con-
cluded the formation of a trust
The agreements have been signed by the
Boston Rubber Shoe Company, T. B. Smith
Rubber Company, L Candee Company.
Meyer Rubber Company, New Jersey Rub
ber Company, Para Rubber Shoe Company
and Millville Rubber Company. II is stated
that the effect of the trust will not be to the
disadvantage OF the consumers Though
prices may be advanced the quality will be
improved by the cessation of competition.
The Progress., 1887-12-17
WISCONSIN.

"A $1O, 600 courthouse is to be erected
in Waushara County in the near future. anG
Buffalo County will follow suit with $50.
600 building
A branch of the Wisconsin Anti-Prohibi.
ton Association has been organized at Port
Washington. .-s. .r--E.~ -.
The Vernon County supervisors have
voted to bond the county for $50. 900. and
thus secure the means to build an insane
asylum in which one hundred may be cared
for. r. f &&
The treasury of Ashland County is suffer.
ing from a scarcity of funds
Patrick McCiusky, aged sixty years, tipped
over his lantern in his barn in Eau Claire
the other day and burned to death with two
horses and two COWS.
It has been decided to erect building in
Eau Claire, to cost $40, 600. for the Young
Mems Christian Association
The town Of Hurley was visited by an
ser destructive conf1agration few days
ago.
James Bond, leading farmer of Eau
Clair, was crushed to death recently near
Mondovi by a portion of a coal bin falling
on him. ~ z
Anton Mohr's dry-goods house at Wausau
was damaged to the extent of 5000 by
fire and water the other night
The first prosecution of a member Of the
Salvation Army under the ordinance passed
several months ago by the Common Coun-
Gil Of GAINESVILLE resulted in the conviction
of the defendant The ordinance prohibits
marching on the streets
s. K. Wagg, of Appleton, recently re-
ceived letters patent on a digester for BIZ
sulphite pulp making, whereby the finest
paper can be made of pine timber.
The State Poultry Association will meet
in Fond du Lac the second week In Febru-
ary.
Milwaukee has the only Polish paper in
this country.
The first white man known to have
been drowned in Shell lake was Fred Krist,
formerly OF Menominee. who broke through
the ice while attempting to cross the bay
recently.
Recently heavy falls Of snow made
sleighing SO good in Grant County tina,
wheeled vehicles have been laid aside.
The Progress., 1887-12-17
FOREIGN.

FIRE on the 9th at Port Edward, Ont.
destroyed thirty thousand toas of coal,
property of the Grand Trunk r.ilroad
KINDoN's extensive floor-cl,th factory in
Bermondsey, near London, vas destroyed
by fire on the 9th Loss, $2D,OOO
JOHN GREEN & Co., wholesale dry-goods
merchants at London, Can, failed on the
9Th for s150,OOO. r~'u 'j@ aa
ONE HUNDRED houses at Faracoa, Cuba,
| We're destroyed by terrific gale on the 9Th
| IT was rumored on the 9th in Berlin that
Russia was concentrating troops on the
Austrian frontier r@t" = L -
Liverpool to Manila, went ashore on the
her crew were drowned. '-''
MRS Fellows an insane woman living at
Toronto, Can killed her baby on the 7th
| by cutting off it's head, and then cut off one
! arm and cooked it for her husbands dinner
The discovery of immense fields of gold
| in Wales was reported on the 9TH
GERMANY, Austria and Italy on the 7th
agreed to raise their ministers to Spain to
the rank Of ambassadors, with the view OF
recognizing Spain as one Of the great
powers. .s..@ .-.. -..e -@lw
EDWARD HARRINGTON, member OF the Brit
ish Parliament was on the Sth sentenced
to a months imprisonment for publishing
| reports of meetings Of suppressed branches
of the National League. s.,&-
THERE will be no winter carnival this sea-
son at Montreal
ONE of the military forts at Halifax, N.
s. was partly wrecked by an explosion on
the 9Th, planned by unknown persons The
soldiers We're greatly excited. "
ADv1CEs of the 9th say that the town of
Bavispe, Mex, was entirely destroyed by
the recent earthquakes, and the people were
wild with fear and were starving
Two SONS and daughter of M Ledeux,
carriage-maker at Beleoil, Can, fell
through the ice while skating on the river
on the 9th and were drowned @@.
A BAND Of Mexicans on the 9th lynched
Cecilio Barrea and Vivian Diez near Rio
Grande City, Mex, for kidnapping Senor
Barrea last August ,''za T.
ADy1CEs of the 9th from the Orkney
Islands report the loss of twenty slnacks in
a hurricane. -. .rS
The delegates of the Scotch Home Rule
Union, who have been making tour of Ire
land, declared on the 9th that the coercion
measures Of the Government were ineffect-
i've, and reported themselves as more than
ever in favor of the demands of the Nation
alists .~z&
ARMSTRONG BROTHERS d Co., Of Glasgow,
the largest iron operators in Scotland.
failed on the 9th. 49,. E 49,.
The Progress., 1887-12-17

OF Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska, five
years National Bank Examiner for Iowa,
and IN 1876 was elected to Congress from
the Fourth Iowa District He was twice
reelected to his seat in Congress- He had
large cattle interests in Montana. His pub
lie and private life was above reproach.
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at 8 o'clock last even-
ing. About 6 O'clock
the case was finally
submitted to the Jury,
the whole day having
been occupied byHon.
NJ D O'Connell, Of
Fort Dodge. W b o
closed for the State.
A few minutes before
8 O'clock the jury
came in and an
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IONA.

criminal action was begun at Waterloo
! under the Prohibitory Liquor law against a
drug firm that had been indicted for main
tanning nuisance because they sold intoxi-
eating liquors. The judge discharged the
| defendants. holding that the only method
OF proceeding against a druggist convicted
! of keeping Intoxicating liquors for sale was
by civil action for damages.
Sam Anderson was run over and cut 10
pieces by switch-engine at Council Bluffs
the other morning: He had been in the en-
ploy Of the Northwestern road for twelve
years.
Council Bluffs secondhand dealer was
fined $lCS few days ago for selling re-
voivers to four little boys. The law against
| selling guns, revolvers or toy-pistols to
children is very plain and severe.
Owing to the inability of the chief of DO
lice at Burlington and his subordinates to
agree, the latter have been discharged
The Standard Lumber Company of Du-
buque has closed up for the winter on &C
count of the 1ncendiary fires in that city.
The date of the State fair has been fixed
for September to g. 1888 80
The State boasts of 953 women who own
farms, and only eighteen Of them are mort.
gagged b. @.-sE
Irack-laying on the Cherokee & Dakota
line is progressing at the rate of two miles
per day: '' ..-~a".' 80.
The buildings at Sioux City occupied by
"A w. Haley Sons, plumbers, filters
al. 'ron-workers, and Anthony's trunk fac
to- we're consumed by fire the other morn
in25 ogether with the stocks, machinery.
ct. Total loss, $s,OOO l.
The next Democratic State convention
Will be held in Dubuque, probably in May.
Lewis 1go, Republican, was defeated
for Senator from Warren County in the re-
cent election by one vote; but his wife the
other day presented him with boy, adding
one to family OF seven boys and five girls,
making thirteen, all living.
There are fifty four cities in the State
that have population of over twenty-five
hundred. ~ l.- ~. --. T. s. -
The jury in the Rainsbarger case at Mar
shslltown recently found the defendant
guilty OF murder in the first degree. and
fixed the penalty at imprisonment for life.
collision, occurred the other dav be-
tween passenger and freight train at
Percival, by which two tramps were killed.
The Progress., 1887-12-17
ARENsDoRF ACQUITTED.

Verdict of Not Guilty in the Case of tho
Alleged Slayer Of DIR. Hadtlock.
Sioux Cry, Ia. Dec. 10-The trial of
John Arensdorf for the murder of Rev.
George Q. Haddock came to sudden close
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PASSED AWAY.

Death of fEx-Congress,nan N. C. Deerine,
.r.. .-- of Iowa.
DUBUQUE. Ia, Dec ION c. Deering
died at his home in Usage, Mitchell County,
Thursday forenoon, OF rheumatism aged
The Progress., 1887-12-17

serts the necessity OF a third National
party. Delegates to the National conven-
tion were chosen.
The National Republican COMMITTEES met
in Washington on the 9Th and selected Chi
cago as the place and the 10th of June as
the time for holding the next National Re-
publican convention
ARcH-ABBoTT BoN1FAcE WINNER, founder
Of the Benedfctine Order IN the United
States died at ST Vincents abbey, Vest
moreland County, Pa, on the Sth, aged
seventy eight years
VIRGINIA Democrats in caucus on the Sth
at Richmond nominated John s. Barbour
for the United States Senate, to succeed
Senator Riddleberger, whose term expires
March 4
The Prohibition State Central COMMITTEES
met in indianapolis on the 8th and resolved
to call an early convention next year and
nominate straight-out Prohibition State
ticket e, .@
Rev DR.. E. P. HUMPHREY, an old and dis
tinguished Presbyterian minister, died sud.
denly on the 9th at Louisville, KY, aged
| seventy eight years.
CHAIRMAN JONES, of the Republican Ma
tional Committee, on the 9th issued call
for the Republican National convention, to
be held in Chicago June 10, 1888, to nomi-
| nate candidates for President and Vice
President of the United States
| CAPTAIN S. s. BLACKBOARD, a manned vet
| eran of the war, worker In the temperance
cause and familiar figure in Washington,
died suddenly on the 9th
| BENJAMIN RUSH .PLUBnEY, one of the
early. Abolitionists, and an associate Of
Garrison and Phillips died at Galveston,
Tex, on the 9th, aged seventy-seven years.
The Progress., 1887-12-17
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL,

The President on the 9th sent the follow
ing nominations to the Senate: Lucius @.
G! Lamar, of Mississippi, to be Justice Of the
United States Supreme Court; William F.
Villas, of Wisconsin, Secretary Of the In
terror; Don NJ Dickinson, of Michigan, Post
master-General; Charles 5. Fairchild of
New York, Secretary of the Treasury;
George l. Rives, of New York, Assistant Sec
retary of State; Sigourney Butler, Of Mas
sachusetts, Second Comptroller of the
Treasury; James W. Hyatt of Connecticut,
Treasurer OF the United States
THOMAS PARSONS aged Que hundred years.
died in New York City on the 9th. He had
lived in one house In that city for fifty
eight years
TIE Virginia Legislature convened on the
9TH at Richmond.
Ex-C CONGRESSMAN N. c. DEERNG died on
the 6th at his home in Usage, Ia, aged sixty
years g..
TIE Prohibitionists Of Connecticut met
in State convention on the 8th at New
Haven and adopted a platform which de-
clares that the liquor question is the most
important political issue Of the day and as
The Progress., 1887-12-17
Epitome of the Week,
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
CONGRESSIONAL

z -., CONGRESSIONAL.
THE F4ftfeth Congress assembled ut noon on
The 9Th. In the Senate Mr. ingalls,, OF Kansas,
presided No objection was made to the ad-
mission OF Mr.. Turp!e, Of Indiana, but Mr..
Faulkner, Of West Virginia, would not be per-
United to take his seat until certain questions
we're settled concerning the validity of his
election. -. In tho House Mr.. Carlisle of Ken
lucky, was reelected Speaker, the vote, which
Indicates the relative strength Of tho two
parties, standing: Carlisle, 1863; Reed tof Maine),
l48. Both houses appointed committees to
aotify the President OF their organization, and
then adjourned for the day.
THE session OF the Senate ON the 9Th was
devoted to listening to the reading Of the
Presidents message. -. In the House several
amendments to the rules were submitted, also
\ resolution for the appointments of committee
on the eleventh census. The Presidents mes
sage was then read, after which the House
adjourned. >---@f
A RESOLUTION was adopted In the Senate
On the 7th to ascertain whether any patent
had been issued for the manufacture of
sugar from sorghum. No other business was
transacted. The House was not In session.
A FEW department. ntcommunicat,ons were read
in the Senate ON the 9Th, after which an ad-
journment was taken to the 18th. 49,. In the
House few resolutons were introduced re.
tating to amendment Of the rules, and then
the body adjourned to the 18th.
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William j. Armstrong. in the employ of
the National Bureau of Labor Statistics, es.
Inmates that thirteen thousand divorces
have been granted in the State in the past
twenty years. Among the causes assigned
for the divorces desertion is the most prom
nent Following this in the order given il
cruelty, habitual drunkenness and inf
deity.
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project to establish a Methodist Episcopal
| College there.
| At StIaubville recently Daniel McClellen
and D. J. Jones were found suffocated hy
coal gas.
| Governor Church has pardoned John
| Lacey from the Sioux Falls Penltentary.
Lacey was convicted of manslaughter in
Mitchell in 1882 and sentenced to twenty
| years
| Warrants were issued at Pierre the other
day for the arrest of twenty Indians on the
Winnebago reservation on q charge Of as
| sault with deadly weapons These Indians
sold wood to the whites, received the money
| for it. and then drew their revolvers and re-
! fused to let them depart with the wood
A grader named Miller, employed on the
Duluth. Wilmar Sioux Falls railroad grade
| at Palisade took can of dynamite into
the blacksmith-shop recently to thaw IL
| out with the usual result His body was
terribly 1nutilated.
W. and F. Rediske were arrested at Black
River Falls Wis, recently, charged with
disposing OF $4,000 worth of mortgaged
| property at Hillsboro, Trail County. and
absconding with the proceeds
Nine persons were injured in a railroad
! wreck a mile west of Ioquois the other
afternoon.
Major A J. Simmons, president of the
| Board of Trustees of the Dakota School of
Mines, says the tin mines of the Black Hills
are attracting more attention than any
other mineral product in the United States
He also says that ledge of gold was re-
Gently discovered in the Golden Summit
mine, In Palmer's gulch, eighteen miles
from Rapid City, which will run 800. 900
| to the ton, and is the richest s,reak vet
found in the Black Hills
Some uneasiness is felt in the Territory
because the supply of coal Is SO low that
| it would be insufficient for the wants of the
people in case of q protracted spell of cold
weather.
H A Goasso has resigned his Office as
sheriff of Fall River County and has been
succeeded by Sam Noses
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sO-IB STARTLING FACTS.
The Discovery of the Cause OF Most Tn
timely Deaths that Come rPon
the Community.

The Official returns of the City q New FORK show
that nearly three-fourths Of all deaths are from
e~onSumpton. When We stop 10 calmly think over
this fact. i Is really awful. And yet every case
without EXCEPTION started fsla snail b, iHn:aEs
A coush in the morning tickling In tbs threat;
q thick phleGmy discharge cEtl!tness at nEEht'
difficult breathing 4 ughtHrss scrysS ihe 'hesR'
these and many more symptoms indicate the pFr~-
snes OF tina; terrible J.S14se which. unless checked.
means certain death with long and PAsntal sui.er
ing.
In view % such serious sad ever present iActs
the suggestions and advice Of tie most em'arns
physicians are Of the CREATES; value.
DR.. John Gardner. Que 81 the Htvst eminent phy'
siciAns in London. says "Srioncv, common sense
Holy Scripture and all experience tssiify ~ The
benefits derived from the Use 81 pure whisky.
ined DUfy's Pure NM: Whisky. ana lad It the
best l ever tried"
DR.. 5. NJ. BucEwaltar saws "nuGy's Pure NAIt
Whisky is without doubt tie EyLsd's drink when
stimulan;s are indicated. md I mi a.! chronic
cases require sttuu!sut>. AId a Large PER seat o.
the acute ones a,-o."
These truths. from the UiS ott the leading s>eatne
men Of the lsy. AID c~nfrmcd by tie experience
OF meu and N0uSn vel! kupHl n the community
should serve As'a rulir for Al! uhu feel The AZ
preach Of conSururttou 10 MISTER - Nhat path u
may come. We IL no; has.t'', - assert that any
man or women oEo VII ~ puGy's Pur" Malt
whiEEcy ay,ori.uEtg G.rr,. - can i'fy oons''mP
ton AID prgl.uS NE with Al. IT. ticzsinGs-
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WHEElIfNGX lily REQBTEs THURbDAY I, NUVEMBEW TI 1857

1000 head; market closed strong; mixed
81 40a4 20; heavy s. 60a4 90; light 81 IS
IA 20; skips S. 10a4 IS.
Sheep-Reeeipts 6 600 head; shipments
1,5O0 head; market strong; natives So 90
a3 Al; western 81 60a3 So: Texans 81 90
oS As; lambs S. 75a5 10.
East Liberty.
EAST LIBERTY, Pa, November 16.-Cat-
t~le-Receipts go head; shipments III head;
market dull; prime 81 5Oa4 SO; fair to good
81 00a4 ~; common to medium s. 00a3 80;
feeders So 25a3 IS; stOckers 3 50s3 90.
Hogs-Receipts $500 head; shipments
1900 head; market slow; Philadelphias
81 90a5 10; Workers 81 S0a4 50; common
to lair 81 65a4 20
Sheep-Receipts $500 head; shipments
200 head; market fair; prime 81 26a4 80;
fair to good s. 50a3 rs; common 81 00a2 so.
New York.
NEW YORK, November 16.-Beeves-
Receipts 1900 head; trading not active
very common native steers a fraction lower
poor to prime native steers So 25a5 %;
extra do S. 35a5 As.
Sheep-Receipts 300 head; market
firm and higher for sheep, and about steady
for lambs; extremes s. S7!a5 12i per 100
pounds for sheep; IS O0a6 IS for lambs.
Hogs-Receipts 10, 800 head; no sales at
live weight; market nominally firm at $ 90
as %.
Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, O., November 16.-Hogs-
Steady and firm; common and light s. Goa
4 20; packing and butchers 81 1Na5 90;
receipts 200 head; shipments 800 head.
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The witty boss retorted: "Sir, but W
things will make me cease work. One Is
death: the other Is an injunction served
by the proper authority and the con-
~struction continued.
Edward Elliot, C. & P. engineer, ana
Miss oliver, of Portland, will be married
this afternoon.
There should be a big crowd to near
the Cantata at the Elysian rink his even
ing.
The school boy is to have his holiday
season shortened so that the teachers can
make up the two days lost by the street
far.
The laborers at the Franklin Coal works
have returned to work.
Henry Crimmel, of the Belmont Glass
Works, leaves on Monday for Fostoria'
where he will manage a glass works.
The K. of P. will entertain lodges from
Bridgeport, Martins Ferry, Benwood aud
GAINESVILLE, this evening.
The B., u. & c. road paid its employees
yesterday.
A slate roof is being put on the First
Presbyterian Church.
H~eatherington's coal works are making
arrangements to ship most Of the coal oil
the bank by rail instead of water.
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BFELklRE.

The c., l.. 4 W. is at last in the c'ty.
Gu Tuesday night Council passed an ordi,
nance granting the road right OF way and
the company at once set to work laying
rails across Noble street, IN the Fourth
ward, and by 5 a. m. the Job was compile
ted, and the people in that n~eIShborhcod
awoke Wednesday morning and found a
wonderful change. There are several prop,
erty holders who are very mad d will
sue for damages. An attempt to get out
an Injunction restraining the company
from laying track across the street
failed because the parties could
not get ~telegraphic connection with
81 ClsirsEille at the time desired. How
ever, an i~p,Gnction has been laid OIL the
q. /. & ". to prevent the operation Of the
road IN the newly laid track. In cODnec-
ton with the laying of the short piSea OF
road the following incident occurred: The
foreman of construction was busy with
his men WIN a property h~oldsS~ MS
appearance and demanded y
discontinued, emphsSizi'
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BENwOOD.

The Wheeling Company's plant resumed
yesterday.
The funeral of Mr.. Edward Leach, who
died at any early hour yesterday morning,
will take place this Thursday afternoon
at , o'clock. Thus have passed within
three days a venerable couple, long resi-
dents Of this place, to that bourne from
whence no traveller returns"
Mr.. Joseph Potts, the man who fell IN
getting of a moving train at the station,
Tuesday night, had his head cnt, lower
limbs ard back injured.
Mr.. Hartman HeTrick Is i'll.
c. c. Mathews, postmaster at Thompson,
W. Va, was in town yesterday.
An agent from a bureau in New York,
furnishing information on any subject, ad-
dressed the teachers.
Schad's new meat market opened in at
t~ractive style yesterday.
The Jap weld department OF the tube
works was idle yesterday, owing to the
slack supply Of gas. 1t worked on night
turn last night, and will continue so to do
for the remainder of the week.
Mrs. Seig held the number which drew
a lamp at the festival last night, and Mr.
L. Hauseman drew n cap.
Capt. J.. c. Mcmahon, +. 20. yard
master, is taking a brief turlOugh on nc
corut of a malignant felOn on his hand.